David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons.

Career

Voice acting

Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natura ...

'' as well as the voices for the male animals in '' Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in ''

Oakie Doke ''Oakie Doke'' is a British children's television programme that was broadcast from 1995 to 1997 on the Children's BBC block of the BBC. It was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and was animated with stop-motion animation. The show ran for two ...

'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...

in '' A Town Called Panic'', Dad in ''

Angry Kid ''Angry Kid'' is a British live-action/ stop-motion adult animated comedy web series created, directed, written, and designed by Darren Walsh (who also provides the voice of the title character) and produced by Aardman Animations for Series 1 ...

'' and Pinky in ''

The Pinky and Perky Show ''The Pinky and Perky Show'' is a 2008 revival of Pinky and Perky. It stars the two anthropomorphic pigs. It is in full CGI and produced by method Films, Picture Production Company, Telegael and in association with Pinky and Perky Enterprises. ...

''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids,

Guess Who? ''Guess Who?'' is a two-player board game where players each guess the identity of the other's chosen character. The game was developed by Israeli game inventors Ora and Theo Coster, also known as Theora Design, and first manufactured by Milto ...

and

Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...

. He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from

Nick Jr Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family ...

from 1995 until September 2005, and

Moose A. Moose Moose and Zee are a pair of fictional characters created for the Noggin brand. They debuted as the on-air hosts of the Noggin cable channel on April 7, 2003. The character of Moose was created to act like a teacher, providing information and ed ...

from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr. He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film '' Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island''.

Writing

In his writing career, he has been writing for various radio or television productions like ''In the Name of the Wee Man'', ''Cold Call'', ''Tales From The Tower'', ''Proof of the Pudding'', ''Medium Rare'' and ''

Beyond the Gravy ''Beyond the Gravy'' was a short-lived radio programme that aired in October 2004. There were four 35-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that rep ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, David Living people British male television writers English male screenwriters English male voice actors English television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)